Large Language Models (LLMs)
Master large language models, their architectures, capabilities, and practical applications in modern AI systems
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Transformer-based models trained on massive text datasets to understand and generate human-like text. The foundation of modern AI applications.
1T+
Parameters
Largest models have trillions of parameters
Petabytes
Training Data
Trained on internet-scale text
2M+ tokens
Context Length
Can process very long documents
Multimodal
Capabilities
Text, images, audio, video
GPT Family (OpenAI)
Generative Pre-trained Transformers optimized for text generation
Technical Details
- Architecture: Decoder-only transformer
- Training: Autoregressive language modeling
Key Strengths
- ✓Creative writing
- ✓Code generation
- ✓Conversational AI
Implementation Example
# Using OpenAI's GPT API
import openai
from typing import List, Dict
class GPTClient:
def __init__(self, api_key: str, model: str = "gpt-4"):
self.client = openai.OpenAI(api_key=api_key)
self.model = model
def generate_text(self, prompt: str, max_tokens: int = 1000,
temperature: float = 0.7) -> str:
"""Generate text using GPT model"""
response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
model=self.model,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
max_tokens=max_tokens,
temperature=temperature
)
return response.choices[0].message.content
def chat_completion(self, messages: List[Dict[str, str]],
temperature: float = 0.7) -> str:
"""Multi-turn conversation with GPT"""
response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
model=self.model,
messages=messages,
temperature=temperature
)
return response.choices[0].message.content
def function_calling(self, messages: List[Dict], functions: List[Dict]):
"""Use GPT with function calling capabilities"""
response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
model=self.model,
messages=messages,
functions=functions,
function_call="auto"
)
return response.choices[0]
# Example usage
gpt = GPTClient(api_key="your-api-key")
# Simple text generation
result = gpt.generate_text("Explain quantum computing in simple terms")
# Multi-turn conversation
messages = [
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful AI assistant"},
{"role": "user", "content": "What is machine learning?"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "Machine learning is..."},
{"role": "user", "content": "Can you give me an example?"}
]
response = gpt.chat_completion(messages)
Available Versions
GPT-3.5GPT-4GPT-4 TurboGPT-5 (upcoming)
🚀 What LLMs Can Do
Text Generation
- •Creative writing
- •Code generation
- •Documentation
- •Email drafting
Understanding
- •Question answering
- •Summarization
- •Sentiment analysis
- •Language translation
Reasoning
- •Mathematical problems
- •Logical reasoning
- •Planning
- •Decision support
💡 Best Practices for LLM Integration
Do's
- ✓Use clear, specific prompts
- ✓Implement proper error handling
- ✓Monitor token usage and costs
- ✓Validate outputs before using
- ✓Implement rate limiting
- ✓Use appropriate temperature settings
Don'ts
- ✗Trust outputs blindly
- ✗Ignore context length limits
- ✗Skip input sanitization
- ✗Hardcode API keys
- ✗Ignore model limitations
- ✗Forget about hallucinations
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